Mr. Thompson to Mr. Foster.
Constantinople, February 9, 1893. (Received February 27.)
Sir: I have the honor to report that Jewett, U. S. consul at Sivas, Asia Minor, left Sivas for Marsovan on the 7th of February. I have instructed him to make a thorough investigation of the troubles at that place and especially to investigate the burning of the college building and imprisonment of two native teachers who were employed at the Anatolian College, and to act if practicable, with the Turkish officials (who I have been informed by his excellency the minister of foreign affairs have been appointed for the purpose of making an investigation), and report fully to me the result of such investigation.
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